Associate Professor Armin Nikpour
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Associate Professor Armin Nikpour

Clinical Associate Professor
Medicine, Central Clinical School
Phone
9515 3928
Fax
9515 7771
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Publications

Book Chapters

  • Fulham, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2009). Central Nervous System. In Richard L. Wahl (Eds.), Principles and Practice of PET and PET/CT, (pp. 198-220). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Fulham, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2008). Mesial temporal lope epilepsy and positron emisson tomography. In Luders H (Eds.), Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery, (pp. 792-801). United Kingdom: Informa UK Limited. [More Information]
  • Fulham, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2008). Positron Emission Tomography. In E. Bruera, I. Higginson, C. Ripamonti, C. von Gunten (Eds.), Palliative Medicine, (pp. 371-378). United Kingdom: Hodder Arnold.

Journals

  • Gandy, M., Coleman, H., Cutler, H., Jones, M., Karin, E., Kwan, P., Nikpour, A., Parratt, K., Rayner, G., Titov, N. (2024). Comparative effectiveness of digital mental healthcare models for adults with epilepsy: A study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. Epilepsia Open. [More Information]
  • Zhaojing, H., Contreras, L., Leung, W., Yu, L., Truong, N., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Kavehei, O. (2024). Efficient edge-ai models for robust ECG abnormality detection on resource-constrained hardware. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. [More Information]
  • Zgang, Z., Contreras, L., Yu, L., Truong, N., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Kavehei, O. (2024). S4D-ECG: A Shallow State-of-the-Art Model for Cardiac Abnormality Classification. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Yang, Y., Truong, N., Maher, C., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Kavehei, O. (2021). A comparative study of AI systems for epileptic seizure recognition based on EEG or ECG. 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2021, Mexico: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). [More Information]

2024

  • Gandy, M., Coleman, H., Cutler, H., Jones, M., Karin, E., Kwan, P., Nikpour, A., Parratt, K., Rayner, G., Titov, N. (2024). Comparative effectiveness of digital mental healthcare models for adults with epilepsy: A study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. Epilepsia Open. [More Information]
  • Zhaojing, H., Contreras, L., Leung, W., Yu, L., Truong, N., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Kavehei, O. (2024). Efficient edge-ai models for robust ECG abnormality detection on resource-constrained hardware. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. [More Information]
  • Zgang, Z., Contreras, L., Yu, L., Truong, N., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Kavehei, O. (2024). S4D-ECG: A Shallow State-of-the-Art Model for Cardiac Abnormality Classification. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. [More Information]

2023

  • Xu, Z., Truong, N., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Kavehei, O. (2023). A miniaturized and low-energy subcutaneous optical telemetry module for neurotechnology. Journal of Neural Engineering, 20(3), 036017. [More Information]
  • Maher, C., Tang, Z., D'Souza, A., Cabezas Grebol, M., Cai, W., Barnett, M., Kavehei, O., Wang, C., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2023). Deep learning distinguishes connectomes from focal epilepsy patients and controls: feasibility and clinical implications. Brain Communications, 5(6), fcad294. [More Information]
  • Zhang, X., Ahmed, R., Thayer, Z., Breen, N., McMillan, J., Fulham, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2023). Late-onset epilepsy with cognitive symptoms: Comparison of cognitive and imaging profiles with probable Alzheimer's disease. Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 146(109371). [More Information]

2022

  • Yang, Y., Truong, N., Eshraghian, J., Maher, C., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Kavehei, O. (2022). A Multimodal AI System for Out-of-Distribution Generalization of Seizure Identification. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 26(7), 3529-3538. [More Information]
  • Ouchida, S., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Fairbrother, G. (2022). A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial: Alternative Approach to EEG Application to Reduce Electrode-induced Skin Injury among Ambulatory EEG Patients. Neurodiagnostic Journal, 62(1), 37-51. [More Information]
  • Yang, Y., Truong, N., Maher, C., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Kavehei, O. (2022). Continental generalization of a human-in-the-loop AI system for clinical seizure recognition. Expert Systems with Applications, 207. [More Information]

2021

  • Yang, Y., Truong, N., Maher, C., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Kavehei, O. (2021). A comparative study of AI systems for epileptic seizure recognition based on EEG or ECG. 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2021, Mexico: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). [More Information]
  • Rapport, F., Hutchinson, K., Herkes, G., Bleasel, A., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Ryder, T., Wong, C., Bartley, M., Ireland, C., Coleman, H., et al (2021). Determining the role and responsibilities of the Australian epilepsy nurse in the management of epilepsy: a study protocol. BMJ Open, 11(1), e043553-1-e043553-9. [More Information]
  • Sagar, P., Wawryk, O., Vogrin, S., Whitham, E., Kiley, M., Frasca, J., Carne, R., Seneviratne, U., Cook, M., Lawn, N., et al (2021). Efficacy and tolerability of adjuvant perampanel: an Australian multicenter real-world observational study in refractory focal and generalized epilepsy syndromes. Epilepsy and Behavior, 119, 107935. [More Information]

2020

  • Beilharz, J., Thayer, Z., Nikpour, A., Lah, S. (2020). Accelerated long-term forgetting is not evident in adults with genetic generalized epilepsy irrespective of the paradigm used. Epilepsy and Behavior, 104, 106920. [More Information]
  • Xu, Y., Hackett, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Somerville, E., Bleasel, A., Ireland, C., Ghougassian, D., Anderson, C., Glozier, N. (2020). Course and impact of sleep disturbance in newly diagnosed epilepsy: A prospective registry study. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 195, 105963. [More Information]
  • Shih, P., Francis-Auton, E., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Herkes, G., Bleasel, A., Rapport, F. (2020). Enhancing quality of life among epilepsy surgery patients: Interlinking multiple social and relational determinants. Epilepsy and Behavior, 102, 106721. [More Information]

2019

  • Scott, A., Sharpe, L., Thayer, Z., Miller, L., Hunt, C., MacCann, C., Parratt, K., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Wong, T., Gandy, M. (2019). Design and validation of two measures to detect anxiety disorders in epilepsy: The Epilepsy Anxiety Survey Instrument and its brief counterpart. Epilepsia, 60(10), 2068-2077. [More Information]
  • Rapport, F., Shih, P., Faris, M., Nikpour, A., Herkes, G., Bleasel, A., Kerr, M., Clay-Williams, R., Mumford, V., Braithwaite, J. (2019). Determinants of health and wellbeing in refractory epilepsy and surgery: The Patient Reported, ImpleMentation sciEnce (PRIME) model. Epilepsy and Behavior, 92, 79-89. [More Information]
  • Xu, Y., Neuen, D., Glozier, N., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Somerville, E., Bleasel, A., Ireland, C., Anderson, C., Hackett, M. (2019). Disability patterns over the first year after a diagnosis of epilepsy. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 179, 60-65. [More Information]

2018

  • Scott, A., Sharpe, L., Thayer, Z., Miller, L., Wong, T., Parratt, K., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2018). A qualitative examination and theoretical model of anxiety in adults with epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior, 85, 95-104. [More Information]
  • Neal, A., D'Souza, W., Hepworth, G., Lawn, N., Cook, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2018). Efficacy and tolerability of adjuvant lacosamide: The role of clinical characteristics and mechanisms of action of concomitant AEDs. Epilepsy and Behavior, 80, 25-32. [More Information]
  • Mitchell, R., Herkes, G., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Bleasel, A., Shih, P., Vagholkar, S., Rapport, F. (2018). Examining health service utilization, hospital treatment cost, and mortality of individuals with epilepsy and status epilepticus in New South Wales, Australia 2012-2016. Epilepsy and Behavior, 79, 9-16. [More Information]

2017

  • Miller, L., Mothakunnel, A., Flanagan, E., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Thayer, Z. (2017). Accelerated Long Term Forgetting in patients with focal seizures: Incidence rate and contributing factors. Epilepsy and Behavior, 72, 108-113. [More Information]
  • Rapport, F., Shih, P., Mitchell, R., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Bleasel, A., Herkes, G., Vagholkar, S., Mumford, V. (2017). Better evidence for earlier assessment and surgical intervention for refractory epilepsy (The BEST study): a mixed methods study protocol. BMJ Open, 7(8), 1-11. [More Information]
  • Hackett, M., Glozier, N., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Bleasel, A., Somerville, E., Lawson, J., Jan, S., Hyde, L., Todd, L., Martiniuk, A., Xu, Y., Anderson, C., et al (2017). Frequency and predictors of psychological distress after a diagnosis of epilepsy: A community-based study. Epilepsy and Behavior, 75, 190-195. [More Information]

2016

  • Miller, L., Ricci, M., Van Schalkwijk, F., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Van Der Werf, Y. (2016). Determining the Relationship Between Sleep Architecture, Seizure Variables and Memory in Patients With Focal Epilepsy. Behavioral Neuroscience, 130(3), 316-324. [More Information]
  • Xu, Y., Nguyen, D., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Carcel, C., Li, Q., Kutlubaev, M., Anderson, C., Hackett, M. (2016). Frequency of a false positive diagnosis of epilepsy: A systematic review of observational studies. Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy, 41, 167-174. [More Information]
  • Lechowicz, M., Miller, L., Irish, M., Addis, D., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Lah, S. (2016). Imagining future events in patients with unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 55(2), 187-205. [More Information]

2015

  • Gandy, M., Sharpe, L., Perry, K., Miller, L., Thayer, Z., Boserio, J., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2015). Anxiety in epilepsy: A neglected disorder. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 78, 149-155. [More Information]
  • Ricci, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Savage, G., Miller, L. (2015). Disruption of learning and long-term retention of prose passages in patients with focal epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior, 51, 104-111. [More Information]
  • Miller, L., Flanagan, E., Mothakunnel, A., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Thayer, Z. (2015). Old dogs with new tricks: Detecting accelerated long-term forgetting by extending traditional measures. Epilepsy and Behavior, 45, 205-211. [More Information]

2014

  • Lah, S., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Thayer, Z., Miller, L., Diamond, K. (2014). Accelerated long-term forgetting of verbal information in unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy: Is it related to structural hippocampal abnormalities and/or incomplete learning? Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 36(2), 158-169. [More Information]
  • Gandy, M., Sharpe, L., Perry, K., Thayer, Z., Miller, L., Boserio, J., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2014). Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to Improve Mood in People with Epilepsy: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 43(2), 153-166. [More Information]
  • Abimbola, F., Martiniuk, A., Hackett, M., Glozier, N., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Anderson, C. (2014). Early predictors of remission in newly diagnosed epilepsy: a systematic approach to reviewing prognostic factor studies. Neurological Research, 36(1), 1-12. [More Information]

2013

  • Fitzgerald, Z., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Ricci, M., Thayer, Z., Miller, L. (2013). Accelerated long-term forgetting: A newly identified memory impairment in epilepsy. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 20(11), 1486-1491. [More Information]
  • Fitzgerald, Z., Thayer, Z., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Miller, L. (2013). Examining factors related to accelerated long-term forgetting in epilepsy using ambulatory EEG monitoring. Epilepsia, 54(5), 819-827. [More Information]
  • Khamis, H., Simpson, S., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2013). Frequency-moment signatures: A method for automated seizure detection from scalp EEG. Clinical Neurophysiology, 124(12), 2317-2327. [More Information]

2012

  • Gandy, M., Sharpe, L., Nicholson Perry, K., Miller, L., Thayer, Z., Boserio, J., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2012). Assessing the efficacy of 2 screening measures for depression in people with epilepsy. Neurology, 79(4), 371-375. [More Information]
  • Khamis, H., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Simpson, S., McEwan, A. (2012). Detection of temporal lobe seizures and identification of lateralisation from audified EEG. Clinical Neurophysiology, 123(9), 1714-1720. [More Information]
  • Gargiulo, G., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., McEwan, A., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., Jin, C., Ruffo, M., Tapson, J., van Schaik, A. (2012). Investigating the role of combined acoustic-visual feedback in one-dimensional synchronous brain computer interfaces, a preliminary study. Medical Devices: Evidence and Research, 5, 81-88. [More Information]

2011

  • Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2011). Clinical investigations from the RACP - Investigating a seizure: Is it epilepsy? Medicine Today, 12(3), 20-25.

2010

  • Gargiulo, G., Calvo, R., Bifulco, P., Cesarelli, M., Jin, C., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Van Schaik, F. (2010). A new EEG recording system for passive dry electrodes. Clinical Neurophysiology, 121(5), 686-693. [More Information]
  • Wong, C., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Larcos, G., McCredie, R., Somerville, E., Bleasel, A. (2010). Brain activation patterns of versive, hypermotor, and bilateral asymmetric tonic seizures. Epilepsia, 51(10), 2131-2139. [More Information]
  • Hornberger, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Miller, L., Watson, J., Thayer, Z., Hodges, J. (2010). Focal retrograde amnesia: Extending the clinical syndrome of transient epileptic amnesia. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 17(10), 1319-1321. [More Information]

2009

  • Jankelowitz, S., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Burke, D. (2009). Axonal effects of camphor poisoning. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 16(12), 1639-1641. [More Information]
  • Fulham, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2009). Central Nervous System. In Richard L. Wahl (Eds.), Principles and Practice of PET and PET/CT, (pp. 198-220). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Thurtell, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Luders, H., Leigh, R. (2009). Evidence for three-dimensional cortical control of gaze from epileptic patients. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 80(6), 683-685. [More Information]

2008

  • Fulham, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2008). Mesial temporal lope epilepsy and positron emisson tomography. In Luders H (Eds.), Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery, (pp. 792-801). United Kingdom: Informa UK Limited. [More Information]
  • Fulham, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2008). Positron Emission Tomography. In E. Bruera, I. Higginson, C. Ripamonti, C. von Gunten (Eds.), Palliative Medicine, (pp. 371-378). United Kingdom: Hodder Arnold.
  • Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2008). Treatment of epilespy in Australia. In Luders H (Eds.), Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery, (pp. 145-147). United Kingdom: Informa UK Limited. [More Information]

2007

  • Thambugala, G., Fulham, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2007). Positron emission tomography-computerized tomography findings in a urinary bladder paraganglioma. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, 51, B45-B47. [More Information]
  • Hepner, I., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Fulham, M., Miller, L. (2007). Topographical, autobiographical and semantic memory in a patient with bilateral mesial temporal and retrosplenial infarction. Neurocase, 13(2), 97-114. [More Information]

2006

  • Thambugala, G., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., O'Neill, G., Fulham, M. (2006). Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma: rapid dissemination detected on FDG PET-CT. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, 50(6), 604-606. [More Information]

2005

  • Modi, D., Fulham, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., McCaughan, B. (2005). Intraluminal FDG uptake in a rectal polyp detected with PET CT: identification of an unsuspected synchronous primary bowel tumor. Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 30(3), 180-181. [More Information]
  • Modi, D., Fulham, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Havas, T. (2005). Markedly increased FDG uptake in a vocal cord after medialization with Teflon: PET/CT findings. Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 30(1), 45-47. [More Information]
  • Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Eberl, S., Fulham, M., Kassiou, M., Zaman, A., Henderson, D., Beveridge, S., Constable, C., Lo, S. (2005). Sequential 123I-iododexetimide scans in temporal lobe epilepsy: comparison with neuroimaging scans (MR imaging and F-18-FDG PET imaging). European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 32(2), 180-185. [More Information]

2004

  • Nair, D., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Burgess, R., Luders, H. (2004). A Critical Review Of The Different Conceptual Hypotheses Framing Human Focal Epilepsy. Epileptic Disorders, 6(2), 77-83.
  • Modi, D., Fulham, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A. (2004). Incidental Situs Inversus Visualized with FDG PET/CT. Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 29(12), 846-847. [More Information]
  • Gradinscak, D., Fulham, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Constable, C. (2004). Lepidic Spread of Primary Lung Adenocarcinoma on FDG-PET. Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 29(3), 206-208. [More Information]

2003

  • Fulham, M., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Gradinscak, D., Constable, C. (2003). Skeletal muscle uptake detected on FDG PET 48 hours after exertion. Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 28(10), 840-841. [More Information]

2002

  • Diehl, B., Najm, I., Nikpour (Mohamed), A., Babb, T., Ying, Z., Bingaman, W. (2002). Interictal EEG, hippocampal atrophy, and cell densities in hippocampal sclerosis and hippocampal sclerosis associated with microscopic cortical dysplasia. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 19(2), 157-162.

Selected Grants

2020

  • The EpiGEN NSW Collaborative, Rees M, Chung S, Nikpour (Mohamed) A, NSW Health/Health Statewide Biobank

2019

  • Accelerating clinical neuroscience research with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enhancement: development of deep learning solutions to boost clinical imaging quality and resolution, Wang C, Wang H, Kiernan M, Lo C, Calamante F, Lin C, Tao D, Wang C, Barnett M, Nikpour (Mohamed) A, Lin C, Zhou L, Office of Global Engagement/USyd-Fudan BISA Flagship Research Program
  • Photobiomodulations and Pain Prevention, Armati P, Nikpour (Mohamed) A, Faculty of Medicine and Health/Nerve Research Foundation

Consortium Group Publications

  • Halliday, A., Vogrin, S., Ignatiadis, S., Gillinder, L., Jones, D., Kiley, M., Kwan, P., Seneviratne, U., Somerville, E., Whitham, E., Australian Comprehensive Epilepsy Centres Consortium. (2023). The efficacy and tolerability of adjunctive brivaracetam for the treatment of adult epilepsy: An Australian multi-center retrospective real-world observational cohort study. Epilepsy & Behavior, 145, 109287. [More Information]